SOUNDBELLOWS JUMBOS &
GENERAL EDUCATION
Good music lessons should primarily appeal to ALL children creating joy and fun. Based on this, ALL technical competencies to be developed should be initiated in a constructive and action-oriented manner.
OUTSTANDING MUSIC LESSONS FOR EVERYONE
In the field of class music making (reproduction & production) and the basic structure of sound understanding, the color coding of the Soundbellows Jumbos offers ALL children an appealing, differentiated, barrier-free and inclusive access. Just as in other disciplines (e.g., mathematics), important technical elements or parameters are marked by colors, in order to reduce didactically for the children initially abstract facts and technical symbols.
In the same way as with the successive development of the number space, the alphabet or the solmisation syllables, the color-coded Soundbellows Jumbos enable a gradual introduction of the tones and their connections and functions through the individual tones. In addition, the one-tone instrument characteristic allows a differentiated division of the notes. So you can only provide the individual children with a tone, a certain tone selection or the entire tone stock of a classical scale for making music. As a one-tone instrument, the game with the Soundbellows Jumbos also develops social-personal skills such as interaction, communication and listening to each other.
Overall, the Soundbellows are jumbos with their toy-like character, the learning-promoting color coding, their intuitive way of playing and the wide range of rhythmic and melodic possibilities of sound design an ideal and important part of the school musical education, which supports the children in developing a lifelong love for music.
The music pedagogical use of color-coded sounbellows Jumbos makes it possible in guided or explorative play, uncomplicated and barrier-free to generate musical success experiences, in order to create with the resulting intrinsic motivation, to open the doors to more complex musical issues!
Gert Balzer
Inventor of the Soundbellows,
Managing Director of the Music Institute
of the Freiburg University of Education,
Germany
OUTSTANDING MUSIC LESSONS FOR EVERYONE
In the field of class music making (reproduction & production) and the basic structure of sound understanding, the color coding of the Soundbellows Jumbos offers ALL children an appealing, differentiated, barrier-free and inclusive access. Just as in other disciplines (e.g., mathematics), important technical elements or parameters are marked by colors, in order to reduce didactically for the children initially abstract facts and technical symbols.
In the same way as with the successive development of the number space, the alphabet or the solmisation syllables, the color-coded Soundbellows Jumbos enable a gradual introduction of the tones and their connections and functions through the individual tones. In addition, the one-tone instrument characteristic allows a differentiated division of the notes. So you can only provide the individual children with a tone, a certain tone selection or the entire tone stock of a classical scale for making music. As a one-tone instrument, the game with the Soundbellows Jumbos also develops social-personal skills such as interaction, communication and listening to each other.
Overall, the Soundbellows are jumbos with their toy-like character, the learning-promoting color coding, their intuitive way of playing and the wide range of rhythmic and melodic possibilities of sound design an ideal and important part of the school musical education, which supports the children in developing a lifelong love for music.
The music pedagogical use of color-coded sounbellows Jumbos makes it possible in guided or explorative play, uncomplicated and barrier-free to generate musical success experiences, in order to create with the resulting intrinsic motivation, to open the doors to more complex musical issues!
Recommended Instruments
For this age group, we recommend the Soundbellows Jumbos (LOW & HIGH) for explorative and guided play.
The Info Soundbellows Evolution provides detailed information about the differences between the Soundbellows Minis (1st generation) and the Soundbellows Jumbos (2nd generation).